HI INDIA NEWS DESK TEXAS- Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed a controversial immigration bill, criminalizing unauthorized border crossings as a state offense. Starting March 2024, Texas law enforcement can arrest those suspected of…

HI INDIA NEWS DESK WASHINGTON , DC - A new report from the Cato Institute reveals that family members accounted for a significant 55% of the employment-based (EB) green cards issued in the United States in 2022. Despite Congress setting…

HI INDIA NEWS DESK WASHINGTON, DC- USCIS has received a sufficient number of petitions needed to reach the congressionally mandated 65,000 H-1B visa regular cap and the 20,000 H-1B visa U.S. advanced degree exemption, known as the master’s…

HI INDIA NEWS DESK WASHINGTON, DC- U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services is updating guidance on family-based conditional permanent residence in its Policy Manual. The update consolidates and updates guidance on eligibility, filing,…

HI INDA NEWS DESK (1) USCIS to Expand myProgress Tool for Family-Based Green Card Processing Times U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has unveiled plans to broaden the scope of its personalized processing times tool,…

HI INDIA NEWS DESK TAMPA, FL- USCIS’ Tampa Asylum Office is moving to a new location. Effective Dec. 11, 2023, the new address will be: 3924 Coconut Palm Drive Tampa, Florida 33619 The current location will close to the public on…

HI INDIA NEWS DESK WASHINGTON, DC- The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has expanded the availability of myProgress, previously known as personalized processing times, to Form I-821 for Temporary Protected Status and Form…

HI INDIA NEWS DESK WASHINGTON, DC- The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Department of Labor (DOL) have issued a temporary final rule to provide an additional 64,716 H-2B temporary nonagricultural worker visas for fiscal year…

HI INDIA NEWS DESK WASHINGTON, DC- Former President Donald Trump plans to expand his strict immigration policies if re-elected in 2024. This includes rounding up undocumented immigrants in the US and placing them in detention camps for…

HI INDIA NEWS DESK WASHINGTON, DC- U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) will initiate a transition in the filing location process for Form I-907, Request for Premium Processing, when submitted concurrently with Form I-140,…

HI INDIA NEWS DESK WASHINGTON, DC- Effective immediately, we are updating guidance in the USCIS Policy Manual (PDF, 343.18 KB) for adjudicating Special Immigrant Juvenile (SIJ) petitions. This update will make the SIJ adjudication process…

HI INDIA NEWS DESK IRVING, TX- As of Aug. 21, 2023, the Potomac Service Center (PSC) has begun to move to a new facility in Camp Springs, MD, and can no longer receive paper responses to correspondence such as Notices of Intent to Deny…

HI INDIA NEWS DESK WASHINGTON, DC-The Department of Homeland Security (DHS), in collaboration with the Department of Labor (DOL), plans to add 64,716 extra H-2B temporary nonagricultural worker visas for Fiscal Year (FY) 2024, in addition…

HI INDIA NEWS DESK The Supreme Court in the US has refused to hear a challenge to H-1B spouse work permit authorization. It is common knowledge that a majority of H-4 EAD holders are Indian women. The lawsuit was filed by Save Jobs…

HI INDIA NEWS DESK WASHINGTON, DC- USCIS has announced changes regarding the automatic extension of expiring employment authorization and employment authorization documents (EADs) for certain renewal applicants filing Form I-765.…

HI INDIA NEWS DESK WASHINGTON, DC- U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is issuing policy guidance (PDF, 275.62 KB) in the USCIS Policy Manual regarding the 2-year foreign residence requirement for the nonimmigrant exchange…

HI INDIA NEWS DESK WASHINGTON, DC-- The U.S. Department of State is set to initiate a pilot program aimed at enabling H-1B work visa holders to renew their visas within the United States, eliminating the need for them to travel to their…

HI INDIA NEWS DESK WASHINGTON, DC – The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) plans to modernize the H-1B specialty occupation worker program via a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM). This aims to simplify eligibility criteria, enhance…